Friday, November 05, 2004

From Ace Records: "THE SONICS ARE COMING! Back in the mid-1960s, the legendary Sonics took rock'n'roll by the scruff of the neck and thrashed it to within an inch of its life, leaving a legacy of some of the most savage, visceral recordings ever made. Now, in 2004, the Sonics’ version of the Richard Berry classic: ‘Have Love Will Travel’, will return to the spotlight as the soundtrack to the fabulous new Land Rover Discovery TV advert (currently being shown on a terrestrial and satellite channel near you). Ace will be releasing the track c/w ‘Psycho’ as a CD single – available to buy from the 29th November. We’re on a mission to knock some excitement back into the UK music charts and to secure the 1000th Number One slot, so please buy in bulk!".

Can anyone tell me what fucking use to the world that fireworks are? Outside of the context of a KISS concert of course. It's pissing rain here and it sounds a bit like Bagdhad did on the telly when Dubya went in mob handed. No doubt there are troops of drongos out there watching them but not we. If the purpose of these bloody squibs is to frighten animals and old people then I guess it's a big success. Me? I'd ban the bloody things outright, everyplace and use the money for a worthier cause. If I was blasting my Boonaraaas records at this volume the polis would come and huckle me. Guy Fawkes? Guys Feck off more like!

Hope you had a swingin' Halloween, although with Bush gettin' back in, it'll soon be Oct 31st all year round ... Up yer nuts, Dubya!

The Sonic Reducer crew are gonna be real busy during November, not least as tour support to our friends The Detroit Cobras, at the behest of Rachel & co. and Rough Trade boss Geoff Travis! We're also slated to spin a whole mess of righteous sounds at gigs by Memphis's own American Death Ray, London-based hepcats The Bad Breed and the latest line-up of Kim Salmon & The Scientists, plus paying rock'n'roll respect at the UK debut of The Bonniwell Music Machine!

As for our own Sonic Reducer soirees, we've snagged a coupla red hot guest DJs for ya during November:

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This all kicked off as a print (Xerox) magazine in 1977 and now it's on the interweb. Named after the title track on The Dictators Go Girl Crazy (40 years old in 2015) the purpose has always been to uphold what’s good and pure and right in terms of rock’n’roll and its satellites.

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